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Veterans Say an Illegal Psychedelic Drug Is Helping Them. Now Mississippi Wants to Study Ibogaine.
Patients and advocates say ibogaine, an illegal psychedelic drug, brings benefits for physical pain, traumatic brain injuries, PTSD, insomnia, anxiety, OCD and depression. Now, Mississippi is taking steps to study it.
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Medicaid Expansion Dead in Mississippi Due to Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Top Republican Says
Mississippi will not expand Medicaid this year because of federal Medicaid funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Mississippi Senate Medicaid Chairman says.
Mississippi Slashes Teacher Pay Raise to Offset Medicaid Cuts in Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’
Mississippi K-12 teachers, teachers’ assistants and special-education teachers are set to receive a smaller pay raise than initially expected due to Medicaid funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Delta State’s 1969 Sit-in Protest for Equality Honored With Historic Marker
On March 10, 1969, around 50 Black students at Delta State University peacefully protested for equal treatment by sitting outside the president’s office. The protest was recognized with a new historic marker outside the building where it took place.
Belhaven Resuming Online Classes After Cyberattack
Belhaven University will resume online courses March 19 after the university was hit with a cyberattack on March 6, 2026.
‘History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour’ Visits Choctaw Central Middle School for Its Only Mississippi Stop
The “History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour” visited Choctaw Central Middle School on Jan. 20, 2026, for its Mississippi tour stop. U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs William Kirkland visited the reservation as part of the activity tied to the America250 celebration.
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Opinion | Mississippi’s Primary Turnout Demonstrates the Cost of Silence
Duvalier Malone writes about the costs of low electoral turnout in Mississippi.
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